Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-21
THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH TEXAS, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 81

on piece work, and worked short hours,
too. These are all cut out when l get
them, but the lace is still on the cards,
and l have to cut and fit that. csn do it
pretty quick, for I've done so much OF
that sort of work. have to furnish my
own cotton, too, and that amounts to
something; but l don't mind, for this is
so good work I can afford to. These
people are the best l ever worked for.
81 90 to work as early SIS L get up in
morning, and that's generally pretty
esrly, and l work straight along until
about 10 at night. don't lose over an
hour day for meals. About fifteen
i hours is days work for me. l don't do
any Homework; my husband does ali
that, except sometimes On Sundays things
get to looking so about the place that l
can't stand it, and do go to work and
clean up q bit. The children go to Sun
day school, and l guess they'll have to
get the salvation for the family. for l
can't stand the dirt, even if do have to
break the Sabbath to clean it up.
Working that way I can finish a
half dozen in good days work,
and they pay me 81 dozen for
them. THAT'S dollar day. and if I
could do that the year round it's happy
time I'd have of it. But 1 suppose the
work will only last till about Tnanksgiy@'
ing time. You see, such work comes
only for short seasons IN the wear, and
when it's gone have to 60 back to what
ever can get. But really, sir, yoa must
excuse me, for must get these done as
soen as can," and the woman, cheerful.
and contented at the opportunity to earn
q dollar day by fifteen hours of toll as q
skilled needlewoman, bent again oYes the
machine and drove it ahead VITA sassper-
ate energy to make up for the time she
had lost.
"One trouble is the cheap work of coun
try women. Once my wife went to q
place on Mercer street for work. They
offered ther something at $1.25 dozen
that WAS exactly the same she had been
getting So % dozen for at another place
not long before. She told them so, and
they said: "Well, you don't have to take
it If you don't want il; we can send it out
in Jersey and get all we want done for
81 %" You ee,Women out in the coun-
try that are not dependent on their work
for living are willing to work for almost
nothing SO as to get little pin money,
and that brings down the price for all the
poor women in New York.
Chow do we live?" Well, you can see
it amt much living we do. The rent is
$40 month, and there amt much left
when that is paid"
Eyes, but it's much better than some"
broke in Mrs Erwood cheerfully ire
pressible under the influence Of her
ability to earn dollar in fifteen hours. |
"There's the poor creatures that can't |
work half as fast as l can-Wbat must
they be getting? And worse yet are the |
women who don't get work from the
manufacturers st all, bu5 take it from
some other woman thst gets it FIST, and |
farms it out, and makes her profit on it
off the poor women. God help them, for
L don't see how they can make enough to |
keep soul and body together. might get
work to give out that way myself, but
won't do it. have too much conscience |
to grind down other folks thst way. It's |
bad enough to have to do it SO Cheap |
yourself, let alone making other people
do it cheaper yet"